Fan attachment for baby-carriages.



Patented'Nov. 14, I899. 0. K. DAMMEN &. 0. BERGOUIST. FAN ATTACHMENT FOB BABY CARBIAGES.

(Application flled'Apr. 28, 1898.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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No. 636,898. Patented Nov. I4, I899. C. K. DAMMEN &. 0. BERGOUIST. FAN ATTACHMENT FOR BABY GARRIAGES (Application filed Apr. 28, 1898.) (No Modof.) 2 $heets8h'eet 2.

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

OHARLEY K. DAMMEN AND OTTO BERGQUIST, OF NORTHYVOOD, IOWA.

FAN ATTACHMENT IFOR B'ABY-CARRIAGES'.

SPECIFICATION foina art of Leah's Patent'No. 636,898, dated Not/ember 14; 1899.

Application filed April 28, 1898. Serial No, 679,110; (No model.)

To all ivhom it may conce n;

Be it known that we, CHARLEY K. .DAM- MEN and OTTO BERG UIs'r, citizens of the United States, residing at Northwood, in the county of Worth and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Fan for Baby-Oarriages, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in devices by which the occupants of a babycarriage and a rocking-chair may be fanned by the vibrations or oscillations of the chair when it is in motion, thus keeping away insects and cooling the baby and person while the occupant of the chair is engaged in useful pursuits, as sewing or reading.

A further object of the invention is to provide fan devices which may be easily and readily attached to or disconnected from the chair or the carriage, which may be adjusted to suit the convenience, and which shall be simple and durable in construction, readily applied or adjusted, and cheap of manufacture.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the novel combination of elements and in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand the invention, we have illustrated the preferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a babycarriage and rocking-chair equipped with fanning devices constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the extensible fan-frame adapted to be attached to the front wheels of the baby-carriage. Fig. 4 is a detail cross-sectional View through one of the clamps by which one arm of the fancarrying bail is attached to one of the stand ards of the extensible fan-frame. Fig. 5 is a detail view ofthe other fan-frame. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the connecting-rods or pit- Inen. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the parts of the chair-bracket.

Like numerals of reference denote like and corresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

In order that others may understand the nature of our improvements, we have illustrated the same arranged in operative relation to a baby-carriage 1 and a rocking-chair 2 by Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. It will be understood that no novelty for the chair or the carriage is claimed in this application, because said elements may be of the usual or any preferred constructionknown to those skilled in the art. Our improvements reside in the construction of the fan frames adapted to be applied to the front and rear wheels of a carriage and to the means by which the carriage is operatively connected with the rocking-chair, so that when the latter is in motion the vibrations or oscillations thereof will move the carriage back and forth, and thus impart a swaying motion to the fan-frames.

3 indicates the chair-bracket, adapted to be fastened rigidly to the under side of the bottom or one of the rails of' the chair-frame, and this bracket is constructed so that one member thereof may remain attached to the ehair,while the other member may be readily disconnected. The base 40f the chair-bracket is preferably made of sheet metal, although it may be of cast metal, and said base is constructed with the guides 5 and with transverse apertures 6, situated indifferent planes from the guides and adapted to receive the screws 7, by which the base may be fixed to the, under side of the chair frame or bottom. In this base is removably fitted the other member of the bracket, which is in the form of a shank 8, bent from a single piece of Wire to form the eye or coil 9 and the parallel stems 10. The eye or coil 9 is at one end of the shank and lies at an angle to the stems 10, which are spaced apart a suitable distance to properly fit the guides 5 of the chair-bracket 4, and said shank is adapted to have its stems fitted in the guides of the bracket, so as to connect the shank to the base in practically rigid relation thereto; but at the same time the shank may be readily disconnected by withdrawing it endwise from the base.

To operatively connect the chair-bracket with the carriage, We employ a pair of pitmen or rods 11 12, although it will be understood that we may use a single rod or pitman. The pitmen are made, preferably, from single pieces of wire, which are bent at their outer ends to form the spring-clips 13; but the other end of the pitman 11 has an angular arm 14, that terminates in an eye 15, adapted to loosely interlock with an eye 16 on the adjacent end of the pitman 12. The pitmen are thus operatively connected together at one end, and the arm l-t provides the means whereby the shank 8 of the chair-bracket may be loosely connected to the pair of rods or pitmen. This arm 14 passes freely through the coil or eye of the shank 8, and said eye is confined against separation from the arm 14 by the rods or pitmen 11 and 12. The pitmen may be readily connected detachably to the front axle of the carriage 1 by springing the elastic clips 13 thereof around the axle, and, as shown by the drawings, we prefer to fit the clip of the pitman 12 around the axle at a point between one wheel and the spring thereof, while the clip of the other pitman fits on the axle on the opposite side of the spring, thus in a measure preventing displacement of the pitmen endwise on the axle.

For fanning the occupant of the rocking chair we employ an extensible fan-frame 16, which may be adjusted to suit the convenience of the occupant of the chair 2. This extensible frame is constructed with a bail 17, which carries a fan 18 of any suitable construction and material. Standards 19 and 20 form parts of the extensible fan-frame 16, and these standards are provided at their lower ends with spring-clips 21, which are adapted to clasp the tires and fellies of the front carriage-wheels. The standards 19 and 20 are provided at their upper ends with longitudinal guides or sleeves 22, which are rigidly attached to the standards and are adapted to slidably receive the vertical arms of the bail 17, and said bail and the standards are rigidly held together against displacement of the hail from its adjusted position under the vibrating sway of the fan-frame by means of the clamps 23. As shown by Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, each clamp 23 is made from a single piece of sheet metal, which is yieldablc or slighly elastic, to be drawn firmly upon one of the standards and an arm of the bail 17, and through a central opening in the clamp is passed a bolt 24, the headed end of which bears against the clamp, while over the threaded end of the bolt is slipped a washer 25, that is pressed firmly against the clamp by a nut 26,whieh is screwed on the bolt. Each spring-clamp 23 is bent to embrace one of the standards and an arm of the fan-bail, and the nut on the bolt 2t of this clamp may be tightened to compress the clamp and cause it to firmly hold the bail in its adjusted position on the standard. The fan-frame may be readily attached to the front carriage-wheels by springing the clip 21 on the fellies and tires of said wheels, and said fan-frame spans or extends across the carriage-body, so as to lie in front of the occupant of the chair. The bail 17, which carries the fan, may be readily raised or lowered to suit the convenience of the person seated in the rocking-chair; but the lower ends of the vertical arms of said bail are provided with the prongs 30 to prevent withdrawal of the bail from the clamps.

In order to fan the occupant of the carriage 1, we employ another fan-carrying frame 27, and in the embodiment of the invention shown by the drawings this fan-frame is non-extensible, although it will be understood that said frame 27 may be constructed similar to the frame 16, whereby it may be extended or adjusted as desired. This frame 27 has its cross-bar provided with a fan 28, similar in construction and material to the fan 18 on the frame 16, and said frame 27 is furthermore provided with the elastic clips 29, which are adapted to be sprung around the fellies of the rear carriage-wheels, whereby the frame 27 is operatively connected with the rear wheels to be swayed thereby when the wheels are rocked back and forth by the vibrating motion of the rocking-chair, which is transmitted through the pitmen or rods to the front axle of the carriage.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it will be seen that each of the fan-frames may be readily fitted to or removed from the wheels of the carriage and that the fan-frames and the pitmen are provided with clips adapted to engage frictionall y with the carriage wheels and axle to hold the parts in proper relation to the carriage. The shank of the chair-bracket may be readily detached when it is not desired to operate the carriage by the movement of the chair; but it is evident that the shank may be readily connected to the bracket to actuate the pitmen which, when attached to the carriage-axle, move the carriage back and forth.

\Ve do not limit ourselves strictly to the precise form of bracket nor to making the several parts of wire, as other materials may be used in the manufacture of the fan-frames and the pitmen. The fans carried by the frames are preferably made of fabric plaited and hemmed to make the loops by which the fans may be attached to the bail-1ike frames, and said fans may be provided with the tassels or fringe to impart an ornamental appearance thereto.

\Ve are aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and in the details of construction may be made within the province of a skilled mechanic, and we therefore reserve the right to make such modifications and alterations as fairly fall within the scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is- 1. In a fan attachment for carriages, a bailshaped fan-frame bent from wire to form spring-standards which are yieldable laterally, said standards having their lower ends bent or doubled into the elastic clips arranged for the open sides thereof to face each other, whereby the spring-standards may give lat erally in applying or attaching the fan-frame to or from carriage-wheels, and the clips are adapted to frictionally engage the wheel spokes, substantially as set forth.

2. In a fan attachment for carriages, a bailshaped fan-frame bent from wire to form the spring-standards adapted to yield laterally, the adjustable standards overlapping the frame-standards and having the lower ends bent to form the elastic clips with open sides to embrace wheel-spokes, and clamps for making the adjustable standards fast with the frame-standards to yield laterally therewith, whereby the bail-shaped frame may be raised and lowered on the clip-formed standards, substantially as described.

3. In a fan attachment for carriages, a bailshaped fan-frame bent from wire to form the spring-standards, the adjustable standards arranged to overlap the frame-standards and having the lower ends provided with clips, clamps provided with sockets which slidably receive the contiguous portions of the framestandards and the adjustable standards, and a clamping-bolt passing through each clamp between said standards and havinga nut arranged to force the clamps into tight frictional engagement with said standards, sub stantially as described.

4. A fan apparatus comprising a reciproeating member mounted on wheels, a rocking member, a fan-frame connected to one of the wheels of the reciprocating member to be oscillated thereby, a fan supported by said frame, a plate on the rocking member having substantially parallel guideways, a shankbent to'form substantially parallel stems which engage frictionally and removably in the guide ways, and unite at their opposite ends in an eye which projects beyond the plate, and a pitman loosely connected with said eye and provided at its free end with a clip to engage the reciprocating member, substantially as described.

5. An extensible fan-frame comprising the standards having the spring-clips at their lower ends and the longitudinal guides at their upper ends, the bail loosely fitted to the guides of the standards and the clamps embracing the standards and the bail at points below the guides of the standards, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

O. K. DAMMEN. OTTO BERGQUIST. Witnesses:

WALLACE V. ANDREWS, O. H. BEOKETT. 

